1 Kings 2:10
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשֵׁן yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Study H3462 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD...
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
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